The most popular biography books of 2024

A biography is the story of a real life, told by someone else. The best are built on letters, interviews and years in the archives, and they show you the person behind the public name. Their subjects are leaders, artists, scientists, athletes and figures history nearly forgot. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

Cover of Maurice and Maralyn

Maurice and Maralyn

Sophie Elmhirst

Published 2024

254 pages

Cover of Only Say Good Things Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

Only Say Good Things Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

Crystal Hefner

Published 2024

240 pages

Cover of The Backyard Bird Chronicles

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

Published 2024

320 pages

Cover of An Unfinished Love Story A Personal History of the 1960s

An Unfinished Love Story A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Published 2024

480 pages

Cover of Patriot A Memoir

Patriot A Memoir

Alexei Navalny, Alexéi Navalni

Published 2024

496 pages

Cover of We Will Be Jaguars

We Will Be Jaguars

Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson

2024 · 2026 edition

384 pages

Cover of In My Time of Dying How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

In My Time of Dying How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

Sebastian Junger

Published 2024

176 pages

Cover of Splinters Another Kind of Love Story

Splinters Another Kind of Love Story

Leslie Jamison

Published 2024

263 pages

Cover of Troubled

Troubled

Rob Henderson

2024 · 2025 edition

336 pages

Cover of Lucky

Lucky

Louise Thompson

Published 2024

304 pages

Cover of I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

Madeline Pendleton

Published 2024

336 pages

Cover of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

Jessica Waite

Published 2024

320 pages

Cover of The Long and Winding Road

The Long and Winding Road

Lesley Pearse

Published 2024

351 pages

Cover of I've Tried Being Nice Essays

I've Tried Being Nice Essays

Ann Leary

2024 · 2025 edition

240 pages

Cover of I Seek a Kind Person My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust

I Seek a Kind Person My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust

Julian Borger

Published 2024

285 pages

Cover of Unstoppable! My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond

Unstoppable! My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond

Maggie Nichols

2024 · 2025 edition

192 pages

Cover of Oh No, Not "The Home"

Oh No, Not "The Home"

Peggy Rowe

Published 2024

288 pages

Cover of Ten Bridges I've Burnt A Memoir in Verse

Ten Bridges I've Burnt A Memoir in Verse

Brontez Purnell

Published 2024

144 pages

Cover of I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This

I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This

Clare Mackintosh

Published 2024

224 pages

Cover of Carrie Carolyn Coco

Carrie Carolyn Coco

Sarah Gerard

Published 2024

368 pages

Cover of How to Be Old Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

How to Be Old Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

Lyn Slater

Published 2024

272 pages

Cover of 11 Rules For Life

11 Rules For Life

Chetan Bhagat

Published 2024

256 pages

Cover of Kubrick

Kubrick

Robert P. Kolker

Published 2024

656 pages

Cover of Sister Viv

Sister Viv

Grantlee Kieza

2024 · 2026 edition

352 pages

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